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Message from the IFDS President
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The IFDS Executive Committee has been hard at work on several major issues. You will see the results of that work reflected in several items in the bulletin. We are still in communication with ISAF on World Cup participation; there will be information in that regard as soon as it is confirmed with the ISAF World Cup governing committee.
We are also pleased to announce that Hannah STODEL (GBR) has been selected as the new chair of the Sailors' Advisory Council; she is currently in training for the 2012 Paralympic Sailing Competition, Weymouth, GBR and will be a valuable asset to our work. Welcome aboard, Hannah!
You will also read that the Medical Committee is announcing the reappointment of International Classifiers as well as the process by which classifiers are selected. In addition, there is information related to the classification seminar scheduled in conjunction with the IFDS Disabled Sailing World Championship, 2009, Athens, Greece in October.
Finally, we are already in the planning stages for the 2009 IFDS Annual General Meeting to be held in Busan, Korea in November 2009. Please be aware of the deadlines for submissions to the meeting, nominations for committee positions as well as the two positions of Vice-President.
Special thanks to John Twomey, who has been our liaison to ISAF in the ISAF World Cup discussions, and to Dr. Jürgen Schwittai and Dr. Bernard Destrubé, who have been managing classification at those events. Of course, our thanks to those unnamed volunteers who labor behind the scenes for the sailors; your efforts are appreciated. Thanks as well to the ISAF staff and to Emma Little, whose support is invaluable to IFDS!
As the fall sailing season will soon be upon us, I look forward to seeing many of you in Athens and wish all of you who attend Sail for Gold in Weymouth a successful competition there.
Fair winds
Linda Merkle
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2009 IFDS Annual General Meeting (AGM)
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The 2009 IFDS Annual General Meeting and Associated Meetings will occur during the ISAF Annual Conference in Busan Korea, 8-9 November 2009.
The schedule for the meetings is as follows:
Sunday 8 November 2009 Development Seminar - Open; Executive Committee Meeting, Committee Meetings as needed - Open
Monday 9 November 2009 Annual General Meeting - Open to observers
Tuesday 10 November 2009 Executive Committee Meeting - Closed
Deadlines
No Ordinary Motion shall be put to an Annual General Meeting unless it is received by IFDS by 1700 BST (+1 hour GMT/UTC), Monday 14 September 2009
All RNA's in attendance of the meeting will need to have paid any outstanding RNA Subscriptions and each RNA is entitled to send two representatives, one voting on behalf of the RNA and the other a Non-Voting Representative.
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© Bernard Destrube
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Chairman, IFDS Medical Committee - Bernard DESTRUBÉ (FRA)
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Although International Classifiers were available for the World Cup Events in Medemblik and Kiel, organizational difficulties in this first year of the ISAF World Cup Series, as well as small turnouts at some of the regattas made it difficult to provide classification at these events. We look forward to being able to classify sailors at Weymouth and of course at the IFDS Disabled Sailing World Championship, Athens, Greece.
Following the decision of the IFDS Executive Committee and according to the present regulations on certification and recertification of IFDS International Classifiers, the following have been re-instated as IFDS International Classifiers :
Level 1 Junior Classifiers:
• Peter ANATASSIADIS (AUS)
• Pedro LEITE DE CUNHA (POR)
• Benedict TAN (SIN)
Level 2 Senior Classifiers:
• Bernard DESTRUBÉ (FRA)
• Jenny MOLSON (CAN)
• Sue PARRY (GBR)
• Jürgen SCHWITTAI (GER)
• Tzaki SIEV-NER (ISR)
• Stephen WILSON (AUS)
Jürgen SCHWITTAI (GER) was appointed as the Chairman of the IFDS Classification Sub-Committee.
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IFDS International Classification Seminar
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The Medical Committee of the International Association for Disabled Sailing (IFDS) will be holding an IFDS International Classification Seminar on the IFDS Functional Classification System & Procedures Manual 2009 (FCS 2009), 10-13 October 2009 with the objective to train participants to be able to classify at national events.
Further information can be found on the website. All delegates wishing to attend the seminar are requested to return the information requested by 0900 UTC Monday 28 September 2009.
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2009 IFDS International Classification Seminar information
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2009 METS Grant Project
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The working party has established the framework and the working party under the direction of Wilfried Klein (GER) is begging to work towards the development of content areas.
One of the aims of the website is that it will be available in several languages.
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2009 IFDS Disabled Sailing World Championship, Athens, Greece
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The Notice of Race for the 2009 IFDS World Disabled Sailing Championship, 11-18 October 2009, Marina Delta Falirou, Greece has been published and can be found on the event website.
All queries about the event should be directed to:
Hellenic Sailing Federation
Phone: +30 210 9404826 then dial 5
Fax: +30 210 9404829
Email: info@disabledworlds09.gr or disabled@eio.gr
Website: www.disabledworlds09.gr
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Event Website
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2012 Paralympic Sailing Competition
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As a result of extensive discussions held by the IFDS Executive Committee in June, IFDS has informed the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) of our decision to maintain the medal events program and quotas of the 2008 Paralympic Sailing Competition for the 2012 Paralympic Games. Many factors went into this decision; we concluded that it is in the best interests of the sport to strengthen the level and quality of competition for 2012 as we continue to explore additional opportunities for the 2016 Games.
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RNA News
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The RYA Sailability Multi Class Regatta
The RYA is pleased to announce that the Third Multi Class Regatta, sponsored by RYA Sailability will be held in Rutland, GBR, 14-16 August 2009.
The Notice of Race, Entry forms will be available from the RYA Sailability and Rutland Sailing Club websites.
Related Websites
RYA Sailability - http://www.ryasailability.org.uk
Rutland Sailing Club - http://rutlandsc.co.uk/cms/index.php
Further information - Carine McCabe, mailto: carina.mccabe@gmail.com
Toe In The Water (TITW) (GBR)
The tri-service initiative TOE IN THE WATER (TITW) aims to inspire the men and women who have sustained often traumatic injuries, including the loss of limbs, to move beyond their disability and to become re-inspired by life. Competitive sailing is a physically and mentally challenging adventurous sport and provides a unique opportunity for injured men and women to sail and race on equal terms with their able-bodied contemporaries.
More
http://www.toeinthewater.org/
Artemis 20's available to sail, GBR
A fleet of Artemis 20's are now based at UKSA in Cowes and we are allowing free sailing for disabled and disadvantaged people. For further information, please contact:
David Rutter
Even Keel Sailing Ltd.
Email - daver@theevenkeel.com
Website - www.theevenkeel.com
Telephone - +44 1243 784 321
Mobile - +44 7876 795 399
US Sailing, USA
Maureen MCKINNON-TUCKER (USA) honoured with the Annual Leadership in Women's Sailing Award
Proving that despite a major setback, the will to sail and compete at the highest level can prevail, Maureen MCKINNON-TUCKER was honored with the annual Leadership in Women's Sailing Award at ceremonies capping the day-long Women's Sailing Conference held 6 June 2009 at Corinthian Yacht Club in Marblehead, MA, USA.
The award is co-sponsored by BoatUS and the National Women's Sailing Association and is awarded to honour male and females who have a record of achievement in giving something back to the sailing community as well as inspiring and educating women.
More - http://www.boatus.com/news/PR_Full.asp?ID=409
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Event Reports
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Robie Pierce Regatta
Marc LEBLANC and Alex STREB (USA) sailed away with the honors in the first
annual Robie Pierce One-Design Regatta. The event which took place on the 6-7 June 2009 was sailed out of American Yacht (Rye, NY) and co-hosted by Larchmont Yacht Club.
The event saw 20 disabled teams and two teams of blind sailors from America and Canada and was sailed in specially adapted Ideal 18s, provided by American and
Larchmont Yacht Clubs and Indian Harbor Yacht Club. The nine races over two days were completed in varying conditions.
Top three results
1 Mark LEBLANC (USA), Alex STREB (USA)
2 Jen FRENCH (USA), Mike HERSEY (USA)
3 Carl OLSSON (USA), Jackie GAY (CAN)
Related Websites
Results - http://yachtscoring.com/event_results_cumulative.cfm?eID=247
Event pictures - http://picasaweb.google.com/carina.mccabe/200906RobiePierceOneDesignRegatta?feat=
directlink
Event Footage - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_4dI5i2cyA
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Forthcoming Events
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The calendar at the bottom of this email shows all forthcoming and recent disabled sailing events. Make sure you keep us up to date with your event details - just send us details of the date, venue, classes and contact details.
Details of disabled sailing events taking place around the world can be found on the website at http://www.sailing.org/disabled-events.php
If you are aware of any events not included on the website, then please send further information to ifds@isaf.co.uk
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Future IFDS Bulletins
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